go strong

== English == === Etymology === Combination of go and strong (adverb). The adverb was formed of Old English strong + -e; compare strongly. === Verb === go strong (third-person singular simple present goes strong, present participle going strong, simple past went strong, past participle gone strong) To do well; to succeed. ==== Usage notes ==== Chiefly used in the present participle: going strong. === References === “go strong”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “be going strong”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “going strong”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “going strong” (US) / “going strong” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.